Question: The Trade That Shall Not Be Named....
Answer: Make it!
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Question: Soriano leading off?
Answer: Doesn't matter
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Question: My choice for the Gameday link that BCB should put in game threads is...
Answer: keep posting both of them
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Question: Who should replace Alfonso Soriano on the roster while he's on the DL?
Answer: Eric Patterson
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Question: Where should Alfonso Soriano bat when he returns from the DL?
Answer: 5th
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Question: How far will this fusion of perennial sub-par, mediocre and superstar players go?
Answer: July or August
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Question: If Walt Jocketty called up offering Adam Dunn for Alfonso Soriano straight up, would you do it?
Answer: No, Soriano's more well rounded game is worth keeping
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Question: Would you wear a "Marty Loves the Cubs" t-shirt?
Answer: Nah, not my style.
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Question: Which TOOL would you most want to see in a Cub uniform (given the relative trade costs)?
Answer: Why make a trade at all - we're rolling!
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Question: Who should return to Iowa when Alfonso Soriano is activated from the DL?
Answer: Matt Murton
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Question: How should MLB determine WS home team?
Answer: Best overall record
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Question: What should the Cubs do with Rich Hill?
Answer: Put him in the bullpen
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Question: What is the #1 thing the Cubs should do right now to get back on track?
Answer: Move Kosuke Fukudome to leadoff and drop Alfonso Soriano to fifth in the order
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Question: Would you buy a Howry Cow shirt for around $25 shipped, with all profit (about $5/shirt) going to Howry's favorite charity?
Answer: No
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Question: The Cubs Hitting MVP this week was
Answer: Alfonso Soriano (tied for week's lead in RBI and R with 3 each)
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Question: Assuming the first three starters in the rotation are Carlos Zambrano, Ted Lilly and Ryan Dempster, who should get the fourth and fifth slots (in no particular order)?
Answer: Rich Hill and Sean Gallagher
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Question: Which shirt and color would you choose?
Answer: Home plate - gray shirt
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Question: How did you hear about BCB?
Answer: Google
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Question: Jim Edmonds?
Answer: Nay!
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Question: How do you feel about the direction Lou Piniella has taken the Cubs, especially in regards to his treatment of Felix Pie, Ronny Cedeno, and/or Rich Hill?
Answer: My faith in Lou has not wavered. He is doing the right thing in every one of those cases.
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Question: Who was the Cubs' hitting MVP for the week of May 11-17?
Answer: Alfonso Soriano (7 HR, 13 RBI, 10 R, a SLG higher than any other regular player's OPS)
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Question: How happy are you with the last Cubs home stand taking 8 out of 10 games?
Answer: Very good, best i have seen
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Question: What do you think of Alfonso Soriano's defense?
Answer: He is adequate
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Question: Geovany Soto...the next I-Rod?
Answer: Only time will tell!
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Question: Instant Replay?
Answer: yea!
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Question: Should MLB institute instant replay?
Answer: Home Runs Only
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Question: Should the Cubs go all-out to bring Greg Maddux back to Chicago?
Answer: Yes
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Question: Which would you rather see win?
Answer: Angels
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Question: Who was this week's MVP?
Answer: Aramis Ramirez (2 HRs, most RBIs, tied for most Rs, 2nd in OPS)
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Question: Who should start in the middle infield?
Answer: DeRosa at 2B, Cedeno at SS
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Question: Is the "Horry Cow" bandanna racist?
Answer: Yes, it's racially offensive
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Question: Who is the Cubs MVP so far this season?
Answer: Geovany Soto
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Question: 1.Were you expecting a picture with this post? 2. If so...were you expecting Batman on an Elephant?
Answer: 1.Yes 2. Yes
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Question: Who will win the NL Cy Young, if it were chosen today?
Answer: Brandon Webb
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Question: Edmonds -- D-O-N-E?
Answer: Yes, SAMPLE SIZE!!!1!!
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Question: Is Carlos Marmol the Devin Hester of the Cubs?
Answer: yes
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Question: Who will win the NL MVP race, if it were held today?
Answer: Chase Utley
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Question: SWL looks most like:
Answer: Azaria
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Question: Who should the Cubs take with their #1 pick in Thursday's draft?
Answer: Gerrit Cole, RHP
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Question: Aaron Cook Worth a Discussion?
Answer: Yes he would improve this staff greatly
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Question: The MVP of this week is:
Answer: Kosuke Fukudome (GW RBI in 9th off of Saito on 6/5)
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Question: What is the Cubs' greatest need right now?
Answer: A starting pitcher
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Question: If you are going to Wrigley Field on the Red Line El, what street will you get off on?
Answer: Addison
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Question: Who should eb the Cubs DH in inter league play?
Answer: Micah Hoffpauir
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Question: Favorite Figure?
Answer: Cooperstown Series 5 Ryne Sandberg
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Question: What liquid spilled on Leo Durham's glove just before the first baseman muffled a crucial ground ball in the deciding game of the 1984 NLCS vs Sand Diego?
Answer: Gatorade
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Question: Who should be the Cubs everyday left-fielder?
Answer: Matt Murton
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Question: Who should replace Alfonso Soriano in LF while he's on the DL?
Answer: Matt Murton
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Question: Growing up, Reed Johnson participated in.......
Answer: Gymnastics
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Question: Who should be the new left fielder?
Answer: Matt Murton
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Question: Hitting MVP for June 8 - 14
Answer: Mark DeRosa
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Question: Who has been the Cubs MVP so far this year?
Answer: Mark DeRosa
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Question: Does this move make it more or less likely that the Cubs acquire SP Erik Bedard?
Answer: Less likely
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Question: Do you agree with the move?
Answer: Yes
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Question: Reed Johnson bunted with the tying run at third and 2 out in the 9th. Right call?
Answer: No!
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Question: Which Cub is our most valuable trade piece?
Answer: Sean Gallagher
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Question: In the 19th century, the franchise that became the Cubs went by other names... which of the following wsn't one of those names?
Answer: West Winds
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Question: How would you grade Riggleman's performance as Cubs manager?
Answer: B+
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Question: How will the Cubs do this weekend against the White Sox?
Answer: Cubs win series 2-1!
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Question: What did Cubbies Pete LaCock do to HOF pitcher Hoot Gibson of St Louis?
Answer: Hit a grand slam on the final of Gibson's career
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Question: Hitting MVP for June 15-21?
Answer: Aramis Ramirez (GW HR on 6/15, GT HR, then GW walk-off HR on 6/20, GW HR on 6/21)
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Question: Your rating of Ryan Theriot (as a baseball player).
Answer: Pretty good.
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Question: What do you do with Hendry?
Answer: Sign him longer than that
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Question: How many all-stars will the Cubs have?
Answer: 4
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Question: Inter-league games? Support or Oppose?
Answer: No, do away with it!
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Question: What's happened to Ronny Cedeno?
Answer: He's frustrated and pressing.
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Question: Do we need a third overflow posted for game threads?
Answer: Yes
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Question: The Cubs are thinking about eliminating the "L" flag after losses. What say you?
Answer: Fly it if needed. The whole point in the first place was to let people know what happened.
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Question: Which starter would you most like to see the Cubs acquire?
Answer: C. C. Sabathia
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Question: The Cubs Hitting MVP this week is
Answer: Geovany Soto (GW HR 7/4)
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Question: Now that C. C. Sabathia is a Brewer, who should Jim Hendry's "Plan B" target?
Answer: A. J. Burnett
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Question: With C.C. off the market, the player I want now, given the price he will cost, is:
Answer: Other
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Question: Should the Cubs go after Harden?
Answer: Yes
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Question: Are the A's your new favorite AL team?
Answer: No!
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Question: What's happened to Carlos Marmol?
Answer: It just happened. It's no one's fault.
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Question: How do you feel about the "L" flag?
Answer: Fly it if needed. The whole point in the first place was to let people know what happened.
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Question: Are you happy Z isn't starting the ASG?
Answer: Yes, let him relax.
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Question: How should World Series home field advantage be determined?
Answer: Team with the better overall record
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Question: Should Pete Rose be in the HOF?
Answer: He should have been in on his first ballot.
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Question: Who has the best rotation in the MLB?
Answer: Chicago Cubs
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Question: How many games will the Cubs win this year?
Answer: 95-99
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Question: What the offense is going through right now is:
Answer: Just a slump that they will get out of
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Question: Howry - Must he go?
Answer: Keep him
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Question: How will the Cubs do this week vs. the Brewers?
Answer: Sweep
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Question: Which is more annoying?
Answer: Manny
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Question: Should I continue posting a PRE-Pregame thread?
Answer: Yay!
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Question: The 'music legend' who said this is:
Answer: 4) Garth Brooks
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Question: Of the following, which is the best Cubs ritual/antic that has been added this year?
Answer: Zambrano/Fontenot pregame antics
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Question: How will the Cubs do against the Cardinals this upcoming weekend?
Answer: Win 2 of 3
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Question: This week's MVP is
Answer: Jim Edmonds (highest OPS and SLG, 2 HR day)
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Question: Hitting MVP this week:
Answer: Alfonso Soriano (tied for most RBIs)
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Question: One of these quotes was NOT from Ron Santo. Without doing any searching, can you guess which one is not from him?
Answer: A: "Just seeing everybody run on to the field brought tears to my eyes."
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Question: One of these quotes was NOT from Joe Morgan. Without doing any searching, can you guess which one is not from him?:
Answer: D: "It's not just the home runs, but stamina, the way the game is played. Little things don't matter - speed, stealing bases."
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Question: Who is your Cubs MVP to date?
Answer: Mark DeRosa
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Question: Who would you rather see the Cubs face in the NLDS in October?
Answer: Dodgers
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Question: How will the Cubs do on the road trip to Atlanta and Florida?
Answer: 4-2
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Question: Should Marshall get more starts?
Answer: Only when needed
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Question: This week's hitting MVP is:
Answer: Mark DeRosa (most Rs, tied for most RBIs)
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Question: How will the Cubs do on the homestand vs. the Reds and Nationals?
Answer: 4-2
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Question: Who do you think is the best team in MLB?
Answer: Chicago Cubs
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Question: Which player was the BCB community most wrong about?
Answer: Ryan Dempster
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Question: So, what do you guys think?
Answer: I think that Theriot's contribution to this team is intangible.
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Question: Hitting MVP this week
Answer: Aramis Ramirez (9 RBIs!)
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Question: Vote on the stated motion above:
Answer: Amendment to the motion: BCB should be able to talk about "Magic Numbers" at 20 games
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Question: Which Cub team in the modern lifetime is the best
Answer: 2008 Cubs
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Question: What do you think of Obama's assessment?
Answer: Won't change my vote.
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Question: How will the Cubs do in Pittsburgh this week?
Answer: Sweep
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Question: What does the future hold for Fontenot and Cedeno?
Answer: They're bench guys, nothing more.
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Question: How will the Cubs do with the Phillies this weekend? (Posted after the first two wins)
Answer: Split
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Question: This week's hitting MVP?
Answer: Mark DeRosa (tied for most R, highest AVG, SLG, & OPS among starters)
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Question: Which September call makes the biggest impact down the stretch?
Answer: Hoffpauir (1B LHB)
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Question: Which Cubs' Goat Gets It?
Answer: Bob Howry: Case for Sacrifice – A great fastball…FOR ME TO POOP ON!
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Question: How will the Cubs do in Cincinnati this weekend?
Answer: Win 2 of 3
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Question: How will the Cubs do against the Cardinals this week?
Answer: Win 2 of 3
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Question: How will the Cubs do against the Astros in Milwaukee?
Answer: Sweep
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Question: Should Lou Rest Big Z an extra day or two since he threw 110 pitches against the Stros in his no-no?
Answer: Wait and See What Develops in the Pennant Race
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Question: How will the Cubs do against the Cardinals this weekend?
Answer: Win 2 of 3
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